The gentle musician spent his life serving the church he loved. He went on a mission, married in the temple, composed pieces for Mormon pageants, and taught hymns to children. He and his wife, Mary, also a returned missionary, were raising their three daughters in Levan, but driving to Salt Lake City each week to play in the LDS Orchestra at Temple Square - he on viola, she, the violin. Both believed their music was their gift to God.

Danzig said nothing in 1993 when church officials charged six well-known Mormon scholars and intellectuals with apostasy for their writings or

Peter Danzig's letter to the editor of The Tribune published June 14, 2006:
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rnewhouse wrote:There is a lot of confusion on this issue because the definitions are framed inaccurately. Identifying a group of people because of their attractions to one another is misleading. The real focus should be on behavior. Sodomy is a perverse behavior and has very damaging consequences to a person's body, as well as his soul and spirit. It is contrary to the way God designed our bodies to be used and there are harmful consequences to be paid for engaging in such abominable activity. For instance, putting sand in a Mercedes Benz engine will damage the engine because it was not designed to run on sand. In the same manner performing sodomy is damaging to the human body because our bodies were not designed to function that way. So, rather than identify the group as gays or homosexuals, the group really should be identified as sodomites.

There is a lot of confusion on this issue because the definitions are framed inaccurately. Identifying a group of people because of their attractions to one another is misleading. The real focus should be on behavior. Sodomy is a perverse behavior and has very damaging consequences to a person's body, as well as his soul and spirit. It is contrary to the way God designed our bodies to be used and there are harmful consequences to be paid for engaging in such abominable activity. For instance, putting sand in a Mercedes Benz engine will damage the engine because it was not designed to run on sand. In the same manner performing sodomy is damaging to the human body because our bodies were not designed to function that way. So, rather than identify the group as gays or homosexuals, the group really should be identified as sodomites.

KJV1611williams wrote:Hey maybe there is a reason for them to go threw this. I think GOD might be telling this family that they are mixed up in an evil and misled religious denomination, and should find a born again Christian church. Everything happens for a reason I'm pretty sure that GOD isn't happy with the mormons, so I think this stuff happens so HE can get them out and in HIS will. Just a thought. Sad thing and I‚Äôm praying for these people.

Hey maybe there is a reason for them to go threw this. I think GOD might be telling this family that they are mixed up in an evil and misled religious denomination, and should find a born again Christian church. Everything happens for a reason I'm pretty sure that GOD isn't happy with the mormons, so I think this stuff happens so HE can get them out and in HIS will. Just a thought. Sad thing and I‚Äôm praying for these people.

QUOTE He kept quiet when Brigham Young University fired history professor Steven Epperson, a member of Danzig's Mormon congregation, for serving the homeless rather than attending church. But in 2006, Danzig finally felt compelled to protest. BYU adjunct professor Jeffrey Nielsen lost his job for arguing in a The Salt Lake Tribune column that the LDS Church was wrong to oppose gay marriage and to enlist Mormon support for a constitutional amendment against it. The dismissal appalled Danzig, who had explored the questions of homosexuality while pursuing a graduate degree in clinical social work. ... "I was troubled that my church requested I violate my own conscience to write in support of an amendment I feel is contrary to the constitution and to the gospel of Christ." UNQUOTE

Really shows where [the world] and who [Satan] his priorities are with. Epperson deserved his support but engaging in perversion and insulting God is apparently more important than the homeless.

At least the LDS leadership has the proper attitude towards homosexuality.QUOTE September 2007: LDS Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland reiterates the church's position that same-sex attraction is not a sin; only acting on it is immoral. UNQUOTE